CONTENTS

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The Proem: By The Carpenter . . ,. 3

I. "Fox-in-the-morning" 11

II. The Lotus And The Bottle ... 25

III. Smith 44

IV.. Caught 62

V. Cupid's Exile Number Two .... 82

VI. The Phonograph And The Graft . . 92

VII. Money Maze 113

VIII. The Admiral ISO

IX. The Flag Paramount 144

X. The Shamrock And The Palm . . . 161

XI. The Bemnants Of The Code . . .189

XII. Shoes .„ ... 204

XIII. Ships 219

XIV. Masters Of Arts 233

XV. Dicky 258

XVI. Bouge Et Noir . . . ,•. . ,. . 278

XVII. Two Becalls ,. . . 293

XVIII. The Vitagraphoscope . ..-. . ,.. . 307

"The time has come," the Walrus said,

"To talk of many things; Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax,

And cabbages and kings."

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER